Sunday, January 04, 2009

What Does Your Genome Sequence Reveal?

 
John Hawks has some interesting comments about your DNA. What does it actually tell you about your risk of dying or inheriting some nasty symptoms? What would a third party do with your genome scan? Will newspapers publish the results of secretly obtained genetic information from politicians and other famous people?

Would that be an invasion of privacy? Of course it would.

Read Privacy, politicians, and genetic testing.



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